python store text file in list code example

Example 1: how to put a text file into a list python

# name.txt
david
mary
john


with open('names.txt', 'r') as f:
    myNames = [line.strip() for line in f]
    
# Result

['david','mary','john']

Example 2: list to text file python

with open('your_file.txt', 'w') as f:
    for item in my_list:
        f.write("%s\n" % item)

Example 3: python write list to text file

a_list = ["abc", "def", "ghi"]
f = open("a_file.txt", "w")
for item in a_list:
   f.write(item + "\n")
f.close()